Commission for Women discusses the situation of women prisoners but remains oblivious to the overall rights of women

Finally, the Parliamentary Commission for women and children headed by MP Gilberte Zouein, met yesterday to discuss the conditions of women in prisons.  Notwithstanding the importance of this subject, one cannot help but noticing that this Commission has been noticeably silent in regards to other key issues related to women notably women’s right to nationality, personal status laws, the penal code, violence against women, etc… and has made little contribution to protect women and secure their rights.  Furthermore, it is to be reminded that previous interventions made by this Commission have mostly served to reinforce patriarchal positions and mindsets.  This time the Commission dwelt for five hours on the matter at hand and decided to postpone the discussions to ulterior meetings.
Source: Al-Nahar 5 December 2014